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Algerians honor victims of colonial-era French crackdown at Paris Olympics ceremony

  • Algerian athletes tossed red roses into the river to honor victims of a 1961 police crackdown on protesters in Paris during the Olympic opening ceremony.
  • Historians report about 120 protesters died and 12,000 were arrested during demonstrations in support of Algerian independence from France on October 17, 1961.
  • French President Emmanuel Macron stated that the “crimes” committed that day were “inexcusable for the Republic.
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Algerians honor victims of colonial-era French crackdown at Paris Olympics ceremony

Algeria reminded France of a particularly dark chapter of its colonial past during the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics

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Algerians honor victims of colonial-era French crackdown at Paris Olympics ceremony

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria reminded France of a particularly dark chapter of its colonial past during an otherwise celebratory opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics on Friday.

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Opening Ceremony of Olympics in Genocide River, Algeria Gives Red Roses in Water

The memory of the genocide that France carried out during the colonial period in 1961 goes back to the opening ceremony of the L'Paris Olympics. Algerian athletes paid tribute to the place where the body was dumped in the Seine River., Maidan News

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Algerians honor victims of colonial-era French crackdown at Paris Olympics ceremony

Algeria reminded France of a particularly dark chapter of its colonial past during the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics

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Algerians honor victims of colonial-era French crackdown at Paris Olympics ceremony

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria reminded France of a particularly dark chapter of its colonial past during the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics. Algerian athletes brought red roses on their boat as they paraded for the event. Then they tossed the flowers into the river to honor victims of an infamous 1961 police crackdown

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Algerians honor victims of colonial-era French crackdown at Paris Olympics ceremony

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria reminded France of a particularly dark chapter of its colonial past during the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics. Algerian athletes brought red roses on their boat as they paraded for the event. Then they tossed the flowers into the river to honor victims of an infamous 1961 police crackdown on Algerian protesters in Paris. Historians say some 120 protesters died and 12,000 were arrested. Some were thrown in…

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